By Steve Holt, Sports Writer If only... For the second major meet in a row, the ACU men's cross country team had a win in the bag, except for one missing detail-one of its top runners. With No. 4 runner Jean-Marie Ndikumana sidelined after a minor surgery Thursday to remove a cyst from his Achilles tendon, ACU managed to place fourth among ... [Read More…]

By Steve Holt , Sports Writer Junior runner Bernard Manirakiza and sophomore Yuliya Stashkiv have been selected Lone Star Conference male and female runners of the week, respectively, for the second time this season. Manirakiza placed second overall Satur-day at Cowboy Jam-boree in Stillwater, Okla., while Stashkiv was 11th in the women's ... [Read More…]

By Steve Holt, Sports Writer Two former Wildcat track and field athletes placed first in their events at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Repub-lic, Aug. 5-9, but only one got to bring home a gold medal. Stephen Moore, a Plainview native and 1998 ACU graduate, won the gold medal in the men's decathlon at the prestigious ... [Read More…]

By Steve Holt, Copy Editor "I'll meet you at the line. Run fast, and make me run fast too," is what two of the fastest sprinters in the nation say to each other just before every race. More often than not, the result has been the duo smoking the competition. They look so different-one is muscular and white, and the other is dark and lanky. But ... [Read More…]

By Steve Holt, Copy Editor The ACU men's track and field team has won 17 Lone Star Conference titles in the 28 years the championship has existed. The women have won all 19 such titles since 1983. Though both Wildcat teams are again the overwhelming favorites to win the LSC championship at Elmer Gray Stadium Friday and Saturday, six conference ... [Read More…]

By Steve Holt, Copy Editor ACU made its mark on one of America's oldest and largest track and field events last weekend, qualifying one women's runner automatically and a men's relay provisionally for nationals. Only two individual athletes and three relay teams participated in the Penn Relays Carnival in Philadelphia Thursday-Saturday, but ... [Read More…]

By Steve Holt, Copy Editor A handful of Wildcat track and field athletes are competing at one of the nation's oldest and most prestigious meets, the Penn Relays Carnival, Thursday through Saturday in Philadelphia. The ACU men's team has won eight relay events in its history at the 108-year-old meet, which has grown from 5,000 spectators in 1895 ... [Read More…]

By Steve Holt, Copy Editor Athletes were added to the provisional qualifying list in seven new events last weekend as the ACU track and field teams competed at the 45th annual Mt. SAC Relays in Walnut, Calif. Three meets remain in the outdoor season for Wildcat athletes to qualify for the Division II Outdoor National Championships May 22-24 in ... [Read More…]

By Steve Holt, Copy Editor Basking in the favorable track and field weather characteristics of bright sunlight and minimal wind, five men and four women posted provisional qualifying marks at the David Noble Angelo State Relays in San Angelo on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The nine additional qualifiers brings ACU's total number to 28 athletes ... [Read More…]

By Steve Holt, Copy Editor The men's and women's track and field teams are participating in the Angelo State Relays in San Angelo, which run from Thursday to Saturday. The meet marks the second to last chance for the majority of both teams to post qualifying times or marks for nationals before the Lone Star Conference Championships May 2-3 in ... [Read More…]